around - headed , small deciduous tree , sure Japanese maple ( Acer palmatum ) variety furnish attractive foliation colors and textures for garden in Dallas . The most limiting divisor for the perpetual health of these Tree is the intensity and distance of the retentive , red-hot summers . accord to the American Horticultural Society , Nipponese maple trees acquire best where at least seven but no more than 120 day of temperatures above 86 degrees F occurs ( AHS heat zones 8 to 2 ) . Dallas sit on the border of high temperature zones 8 and 9 . Plant these trees where acidic soils are moist , mulch to remain cool and shade protect the leaf from noon until dusk in summertime .

Bloodgood

Throughout northeasterly Texas , the Nipponese maple variety " Bloodgood " is widely available in nurseries , according to Keith Hansen , a cooperative filename extension broker in nearby Smith County . The leaves on " Bloodgood " are deeply analyse with five lobes colored a recondite violent - purple color . In autumn the foliage call on bright red . This small tree diagram is vigorous in outgrowth and attains an vertical shape , maturing at 12 to 15 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide . Hansen also notes that the reddened - empurpled leaf color book well in the summertime heating .

Crimson Queen

" Crimson Queen " also digest red - empurpled leaf that hold back their colouration across the Texas summer . The arching twigs on this Japanese maple control the leaves that are exquisitely slue and lob , looking very feathery in grain . It turn over 12 human foot tall and 10 foot wide , display burnished reddened foliage in fall .

Fireglow

Very similar in qualities to " Bloodgood , " the selection " Fireglow " matures at 13 to 15 feet tall and 10 to 15 animal foot wide . The leaves are a vino - Bourgogne and hold up well across the summer without fading . This peculiar tree diagram attains orange - red and ruby hues in autumn .

Shishigashira

grow 12 fundament tall and 10 feet full , " Shishigashira " ( also sold as " Ribesifolium " ) modernize short grey-headed twigs that pay unripened leave in dim clustering . The five - lobed leave are small and crinkle and satiate the tree ramification in a picturesque style that evokes a sentiency of Asian carving . The fall foliage color ranges from golden - orange to orange - red and run to switch rather late in free fall compared to other deciduous trees . This tree is sometimes pertain to as the " lion ’s mane maple . "

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